Monkeys at Guardians
Monkeys: Ryan Carpenter (0-0, 3.55 ERA). Carpenter makes his third start, first against Fubon. Got touched for 7 H, 5 ER in 6 IP vs Lions in start 1; rebounded with 5 H, 0 ER, in 6.2 IP vs Brothers last week on 4/22. Great control of just 1 BB to 11 K on the season. FIP of 3.70, ERA+ 134.5.
Monkeys vs Lefty starters: hitting .452 (!!). Lefty starters have an ERA of 18.00 vs Monkeys (!!).
Monkeys are 4-0 vs Fubon on the season
Guardians: Chen Shih-Peng (1-0, 3.97 ERA). Third start for Chen, first against Monkeys. Decent stats so far with 1.59 WHIP, 13 H, 5 ER, 8 K, 5 BB in 11.1 IP. The walks are a bit worrysome. FIP 4.99, ERA+ 126.7
Guardians vs lefty starters: hitting just .181. Lefty starters have an ERA of 2.30 vs Guardians
Brothers at Lions
Brothers: Huang En-Sih (0-0, 4.50 ERA). Makes just his 2nd start. Hasn’t thrown since 4/15 when he held Guardians put in a QS against Guardians: 6 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 7K, 1 BB. FIP 4.27, ERA+ 117. Last year, Huang was at his best against Lions with a 4.21 ERA and 1.56 WHIP over 25.2 IP (in comparison, he had a 9.30 ERA and 9.53 ERA last year against Guardians and Monkeys, respectively).
Brothers vs righty starters: hitting .317. Righty starters have a 5.40 vs Brothers.
Lions: Donn Roach (1-1, 9.31 ERA). Third start, first vs Brothers. Been touched for 9 hits in each of his starts; 6 ER to Monkeys on 4/16, 4 ER to Guardians on 4/22. Has a WHIP of 2.07 over 9.2 IP, 4K:2BB. 6.42 FIP, 28.2 ERA+.
Lions vs righty starters: hitting .370. Righty starters have a 9.00 ERA vs Lions.
Lions have been very susceptible to the K with 108 already on the season - Huang punched out 7 in his debut but last year only K’d 47 in 68.2 IP